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Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, who was effectively fired by Hasan in May after the judge ruled the major could defend himself, said Hasan is working in concert with the prosecution to make sure the death penalty will be the ultimate punishment in the shooting case that claimed 13 lives in 2009 at Fort Hood.

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Islam prohibits suicide. A defendant attempting to achieve a death sentence in a trial is just another flavor of "suicide by cops". I wonder if Hasan realizes that. He's bound to be disappointed when he doesn't reach his paradise....

Four boxes keep us free: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.

Islam prohibits suicide. A defendant attempting to achieve a death sentence in a trial is just another flavor of "suicide by cops". I wonder if Hasan realizes that. He's bound to be disappointed when he doesn't reach his paradise....

Perhaps he mistakenly assumes his trial is simply the end phase in the attack for which hes being trried?

as the attack was done in the "name of alluh" he may think that his death at the hands of the infidel isnt an authentic suicide...but merely the attacks final outcome?